a while ago we took our second class trip to flourence to see the uffizi gallery. we wernt allowed to take photographs inside at all but we got to see paintings from leonardo di vinci and michelangelo and some of michelangelo's sculptures. my favorite was an extremely large painting by leonardo di vinci called adoration. it is mostly unfinished so it shows the prep work that di vinci put into his paintings and revealed some of his process. after the tour of the uffizi ended a small group of us walked to san miniato al monte. this is a renaissance church on top of a hill on the outskirts of flourence. not only was the church on of my favorites but the view was incredible. we then spent the night in flourence and got up to go to pisa early saturday afternoon. there wasn't too much to do in pisa other than the piazza dei miracoli. this is where the leaning tower of pisa is located along with a beautiful cathedral and baptistery. we sat in the grass soaking in the sun then took they typical leaning tower pictures and left for lucca. lucca is a beautiful city surrounded by castle walls. we spent a few hours here and then left to get back to orvieto.
more from: milan, verona, venice, prague, and munich coming soon.
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| on the way to san miniato al monte |
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| facade of san miniato al monte |
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| interior |
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| cathedral of santa maria del fiore |
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| typical pisa picture |
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| castle wall of lucca |
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| main piazza in lucca |
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| sitting on the castle wall |
